Nattandiya electoral district was an
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
between
August 1947
The following events occurred in August 1947:
August 1, 1947 (Friday)
*Bulgarian leader Georgi Dimitrov and Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signed the Bled agreement, an alliance treaty paving the way for future unification between the state ...
and
February 1989. The district was named after the town of
Nattandiya in
Puttalam District
Puttalam is a district situated near to the west coast of Sri Lanka. It has an area of . Along with the Kurunegala District, it formulates the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. The district capital is Puttalam, which borders the Kala Oya and ...
,
North Western Province. The
1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the
proportional representation
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electoral system for
electing members
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of
Parliament
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. The existing 160 mainly
single-member
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electoral districts were replaced with 22
multi-member
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electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
s.
Nattandiya electoral district was replaced by the
Puttalam multi-member electoral district at the
1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament
Key
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election
1952 Parliamentary General Election
1956 Parliamentary General Election
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
1965 Parliamentary General Election
1970 Parliamentary General Election
1977 Parliamentary General Election
References
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Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka
Politics of Puttalam District